Love.
Every single day.
Try.
Every single day.
Dream.
Every single day.
Laugh.
Every single day.
Love.
Every single day.
Every single one of them.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Have an amazing day.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I cannot believe how hard life has been the last 5 years.
Yet I am grateful for the hard of the last two years. I’ve learnt so much about life. I have learned so much about me.
I’m ready now. Because of the hard. Not in spite of the hard. But because of the hard.
Hard has been trying to show me the way. Hard has been trying to teach me how to fight. Hard has taught me how to fight. And to win.
I have won my independence. I am free from fear. I am free from catastrophizing. I am free from a hopeless outlook.
I am free now to do some ridiculously stupid things…lol.
Don’t get down on yourself when you are going through hard times. Hard times can be a friend. Our times will give me the key to so many blessings, if you’re willing to accept and receive them.
Your hard times are not here to punish you. Stop punishing yourself. Stop blaming yourself. You’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. Yes, she may have done some dumb things to get you into this corner. Yet God, Life, and The Universe knew you were going to do those dumb things. They have prepared a way of escape for you!
It’s not too late for you. Get back in the game. Dig out your dreams from where you hid them. Move forward. Look up. Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Before the tornado, whenever life used to be hard on me, I used to fuss and complain to God. I used to think life was picking on me. I used to lament and cry out that life was just not being fair. Life was just lifing.
Life is short. Get out there and live. Get out there and love. Get out there and try. What do you have to lose? Better still, what do you have to gain?!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Hard really is NOT hard.
Making the decision to DO, can look hard.
Taking the first step, seems hard.
Keeping on, when you are ready to quit, feels hard.
Do, beloveds.
Take the first step.
Then, keep on keeping on.
Simple, huh?😳🤣🤗
Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Be sure to laugh today. Make the most of the hard. I’m growing from mine! How about you?
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
When the deck seemed stacked against you, remember you hold all the cards!
Nuff said.
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: I was feeling a bit picked on. I was having a tiny bit of a pity party. Then I remembered everything is up to me. I told myself my attitude is everything. I kept speaking life to my situation. I kept telling myself that it takes just one.
Keep speaking life over your situation. The glass is half full. You shall overcome. Just starting is a win. You will accept the results. Be encouraged. You hold all the cards.
Your attitude is everything. Your attitude will get your altitude where it needs to be.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
You are exactly where you are meant to be, beloveds.
Do not despair. If you have suffered a setback, a loss, doesn’t mean you are lost.
This is but one part of the journey. That’s all.
The more I go, the more I grow. I feel like a winner today. I don’t feel like the loser my bank account says I must be.
Today might be the day I win. I’m going to try my best. We shall see what this day holds.
Lift up your head. You can do this. You will get there. Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: We got this, people!
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
No does not mean no.
Not when it comes to your dreams. You can never take no for an answer.
The world will laugh at you and tell you no. Fear will mock you and tell you no. Doubt will roll its eyes at you and tell you no.
Keep weeding your way through all the nos.
I did not feel like reading through nos today. I’ve made myself get up and apply yet again.
I’ll be glad when this part of the journey is over. I’m tired of treading down this particular road….lol.
I’ll be glad when I have another boring topic to talk about.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep working your way from all of the nos. If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you will know that my yes came! Yay!! I wrote this piece before I got confirmation on the job…lol
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
What are you focused on?
The past?
The present?
The future?
Past mistakes?
Possible future mishaps?
Present frustrations?
Ah, beloveds, through all this hard, I have learned that life truly is not picking on us.
Life is not taunting us with what could have been.
Life is not trying to trip us up. Life is just lifing.
What we DO, whilst life is tripping, is the key.
Too often, we judge ourselves by what we think our circumstances are telling us.
We are poor because we don’t live in the “right” neighborhood.
We don’t measure up because we don’t have the “right” heritage, upbringing, skillsets, and a million other barometers the “right” people advise we must live by and under.
Let me ask you a question: Who gets to decide what is “right”? What gives THEM the right? Who elected these apparent special people to run our lives?😳
It’s time, beloveds, to focus.
What are you focused on? Your focus can and will change your perspective. Changing your perspective WILL change your environment.
What environment are you creating?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Due to system issues, I have had to start my project over and over. I have been struggling through this process for the past four days. No end in sight either.
The old me would have quit in despair. The new me simply takes breaks, in the midst of the hard, and keep it moving.
FORWARD. Looking UP.
Keep moving FORWARD. Keep looking UP. Asking for A Friend.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
I find myself doing my best to just love folk.
Periodt.
LOVE them. Not sit in judgement. Not waiting until they show themselves lovable.
We are all idiots, at times. We all do incredibly thoughtless things, at times.
I’m doing the best I can to love people without judging them. This is not always easy. Folks seem to be so hateful with you. People seem to be so cold towards one another lately. It makes me sad.
I promised that I would use my blog as a safe space for everybody. I’m doing my best to keep that promise. I don’t ask people what they believe or who they support or how they do it. I just care.
Life is so short. Things seem so dark in the world, it makes you scared to go outside. We can’t allow fear to run out over love. We have to keep moving forward. We have to keep loving one another.
My heart has been so heavy lately that I have not had the heart to do a motivational video on Youtube. I’m going to try to be uplifting today. Some kind of way.
I have been watching the World Track Championships this weekend. It has been hard to watch the ones who have lost their dreams. Their devastation has made me feel like I have lost as well.
Still, they can be proud that they got in the arena. I’m in the arena of life. It doesn’t seem as if my efforts are leading to anything positive. I choose to continue to try no matter what things look like. Feels like it seems like.
I just stopped by to encourage someone to keep going. Be encouraged.
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Life is good, even when it’s hard.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
https://youtube.com/shorts/qHB6_w3_QFg?si=TS4AySe1PhEVwfGK
How great is this?! ❤🥰
Love someone. Starting with you!
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note:
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
Repeat it until you believe it.
Repeat it until you begin to see it.
Repeat it until you start to live it.
What we tell ourselves is everything.
We win, we lose, beloveds, based on what we tell ourselves.
Before we even start.
During the race.
Will we keep going?
Will we give up before we reach the end?
Will we look at the distance and tell ourselves it’s too far?
Will we look at our shoes and say they are too beat up to last the journey?
Will we look at the challengers and tell ourselves we could never beat them?
I don’t know about you, but I plan on finishing this race. I may come in last. Still, I run on.
You coming?
asking for A Friend,
Cassandra
#YourLifeMattersToMe
Note: Keep your self talk positive. Negative thinking leads to an unfinished race…lol.
One step.
One step.
One step.
You are loved.
You are NOT alone.
Keep on being…YOU!
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